Dennis Rodman

Without a doubt one of the most outlandish personalities to ever play professional basketball, Dennis Rodman earned a reputation for being the game's best defensive player while also developing a bad...
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Dennis Rodman seeking removal from video game

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Dec 23, 2014

Dennis Rodman has threatened legal action against the makers of a video game if they do not remove his character from their new project focusing on North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. The former basketball player struck up a bizarre friendship with Jong-un when he set up sports camps in the country last year (13), but he does not want to be included in the game Glorious Leader!
In the game, players can take on the persona of Jong-un or Rodman and try to take on America.
According to TMZ.com, Rodman's lawyer has sent game designer Jeff Miller and his company Moneyhorse a letter demanding Rodman's removal from the game because it portrays him in a "negative light".

"We were like, 'Oh my God, this lends even more credence to the fact that this could actually happen'. It was f**king weirder than anything we had thought of." Seth Rogen was left dumbfounded when former U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman was invited to spend time with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Rogen's new movie, The Interview, centres upon a comedic plot to assassinate the dictator.

Dennis Rodman is convinced he was instrumental in the release of detained American Kenneth Bae because he wrote a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. The missionary was arrested in the country in 2012, and sentenced to 15 years in jail, but he was released on Saturday (08Nov14) and flown back to the U.S. alongside fellow detainee Matthew Miller.
The former basketball player was criticised for befriending Jong-un while he set up sports camps in the country last year (13), but Rodman believes their friendship played a crucial role in bringing Bae home as he begged his pal to release the prisoner in a letter sent in January (14).
Rodman's letter, obtained by TMZ.com, reads, "I understand the crimes (Bae) committed, and ask you my dear friend, the highly respected Marshall Kim Jong-un for his release to show my country how loving and compassionate you and the (North Koreans) can be... I ask for your mercy to prisoner Kenneth Bae and would be eternally grateful for his safe return and make a big step towards bridging the gap between our two nations."
The leader never replied to the letter but Rodman is convinced his visits to Jong-un were instrumental, telling the website, "No doubt, our trips helped influence Kenneth Bae's release and I'm happy he is coming home safely."

Model/actress Carmen Electra was left shocked on Thursday (23Oct14) when her ex-husband Dennis Rodman showed up uninvited to her early Halloween party in Florida. The former Baywatch star was preparing to walk the red carpet at a private Fright Night party in Boca Raton, but before she exited her limousine, she spotted Rodman at the event, according to TMZ.com.
Electra reportedly remained in her car for nearly 30 minutes as she waited for extra security, but when she emerged, Rodman pounced.
According to the website, the former U.S. basketball player professed his love for Electra and asked her to marry him again, but she brushed off the advances.
Rodman was subsequently asked to leave the party, but kept returning as he repeatedly tried to gain entry to the venue.
The encounter comes just days after Electra discussed her disastrous marriage to Rodman during an episode of Oprah Winfrey's Where Are They Now? show, revealing, "Our relationship was very passionate. When it was good, it was amazing. And when it was bad, it was the worst."
Electra and Rodman wed in 1998, but he filed for an annulment nine days after the ceremony. They later reconciled and mutually agreed to divorce in 1999.

Model/actress Carmen Electra knew she had made a mistake marrying basketball player Dennis Rodman almost immediately after they exchanged vows in Las Vegas. The former Baywatch star began dating the eccentric sportsman in 1998, shortly after losing her mother, and Electra admits her wild side came out as part of a period of "self-destruction".
Discussing the brief relationship on Oprah Winfrey's Where Are They Now? show, she explains, "I went into self-destruction (mode after losing her mum) and I remember meeting Dennis. Dennis was the life of the party; he was fun. I started drinking. People couldn't understand why I loved him because he had a reputation for being a bad boy and what I saw at the beginning was, sort of, this gentle giant that was in a lot of pain. In a way, we kind of understood each other.
"Our relationship was very passionate. When it was good, it was amazing. And when it was bad, it was the worst."
Electra reveals she had not allowed herself time to mourn her mother's death when she agreed to become Mrs. Rodman in an impromptu ceremony in Sin City after a whirlwind courtship, and she soon regretted walking down the aisle.
The busty beauty continues, "It was so fast, it was so spontaneous and I remember right after (exchanging vows), I felt like, 'Oh God... what did we just do...?'"
Electra realised she had been bottling up the pain of her mother's death while tuning in to an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show and knew then what she had to do.
She adds, "We were probably married for about a year... and I remember I was watching Oprah and she said, 'In order to heal, you have to feel'. And that's when it clicked - I was like, 'I'm not feeling I lost my mum, I'm not feeling that because I have just made my life chaos and blocked that out.'
"I took quite a bit of time and I started working on myself, started getting myself together."
Electra wasn't the only one who thought the marriage was a mistake - Rodman filed for an annulment nine days after the wedding, but they later reconciled and mutually agreed to divorce in 1999.

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Going back to the earliest days of both movies and television, producers have been enamored with putting sports celebrities on screen. They're some of the most recognizable people in the country and bring along a built-in audience of fans from their athletic exploits.
Of course, there is one issue that's a little hard to get around… most of the athletes that have been tapped to appear in movies can't act. We're taking a look at the most awesomely bad performances by athletes in movies… from ones that are just laughably amateurish to the truly unwatchable; the work by this group would make Lee Strasberg cry.
Shaquille O'Neal, Kazaam
In interviews, O'Neal can be utterly charming and he frequently looks like he's having a good time. Absolutely none of that translates to the big screen, however. The 7-foot-1 basketball player is a genie who emerges from a boombox and tries to help a kid (Francis Capra) who's got father issues. You'd think that a movie with a genie would be at least fun, but it has way too many dark moments and O'Neal's mugging doesn't help any. The movie was so bad that director Paul Michael Glaser hasn't got behind the camera since.
Charles Barkley, Space Jam
It's easy to point out that Michael Jordan is bad in the 1996 mix of animation and live action since he was the star of the show (along with Bugs Bunny, of course), but really, what did we expect? Jordan acted about as well as he ever did in his commercials and the rest of the NBA players, from Larry Bird to Patrick Ewing are equally awful. Barkley, however, as we've now learned from his work as a studio host for TNT has enough personality that he could’ve done better than the stiff performance that he gave.
Dan Marino, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
It's always amazing when athletes can't even play themselves convincingly. In Jim Carrey's breakout hit, Marino — along with a dolphin — is the subject of a kidnapping scheme. Marino's a good looking guy, but that's about the best thing that we can say about his abilities as an actor. When you're outdone by a sea mammal, things are pretty bad. Of course, as much as we don't like his acting, we still like him better than the movie's Mrs. Finkle, the character who famously said, "Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell."
O.J. Simpson, Capricorn One
Back before the Juice had his troubles with the law, he had quite the acting career. Most people remember his turn as Leslie Nielsen's partner in the Naked Gun series, but at one point, Simpson was legitimately trying to act. That's what puts his turn in Capricorn on the list. Playing a duped astronaut, along with James Brolin and Sam Waterston, who is unwittingly part of a fake mission to Mars, Simpson is all caged fury at the outrage of it all. At least the movie has some pretty rad late '70s hairdos going for it.
Wilt Chamberlain, Conan the Destroyer
At least there was logic to Chamberlain's casting in the rushed sequel to Conan the Barbarian… if you're looking for someone even more physically imposing than Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wilt certainly fits the bill. The towering Chamberlain plays a guard named Bombaata who is supposed to help Conan on a quest before killing him. Let's just say that doesn't work out too well for The Stilt. Considering his claims of prodigious sexual conquests, we're sure that Chamberlain had fun shooting the movie… and, really, he doesn’t look any more ridiculous than Grace Jones.
Dennis Rodman, Double Team
How many people can say that they were in a movie with Jean-Claude Van Damme and they were the worst actor on set? Rodman, at the height of his fame for his outrageous behavior, made the Muscles from Brussels look like Robert De Niro in comparison. The plot of the movie runs along the lines of most other JCVD flicks, with Rodman playing an arms dealer. The Worm is tasked with saying such classic lines as, "You look like trouble. I like trouble." There are a lot of explosions and Van Damme does his requisite butt-kicking, even taking on a tiger, but Rodman spends the movie seemingly smirking at the thought that someone's paying him to do… well, whatever it was he was doing.
Mike Tyson, The Hangover
Yes, The Hangover is a very funny movie and, yes, the scenes with Tyson are hysterical. Those two facts do not make Iron Mike a good actor. The former heavyweight champion just plays a slightly less scary version of himself and you get the impression that the mixture of awe and fear on Bradley Cooper's face wasn't a stretch with the real Tyson standing in front of him. As comical as it was to watch — due largely to Tyson's public persona — his reaction at the video of Zack Galifianakis peeing in his pool is on the level of a third grade school play. Just, um, maybe don't tell him we said so.
Howie Long, Firestorm
The longtime Los Angeles Raiders defensive lineman did a credible job as one of John Travolta's henchmen in the John Woo actioner Broken Arrow. That's where Long's acting career should've ended. Instead, he signed on to play the lead in a movie about the leader of a team of wild firefighters who has to rescue people trapped in a fire started by an escaped killer played by William Forsythe. The fact that someone actually bought that pitch is irrelevant and it's hard to fault Long for taking the payday, but the preposterousness of the plot is matched only by the football star's terrible line delivery. The best part of the movie is that it's mercifully short, clocking in at just 89 minutes.
Terry Bradshaw, Failure to Launch
Let's forget for a second the stretch of casting Bradshaw and Kathy Bates as Matthew McConaughey's parents. Let's even put aside the fact that the movie's awfulness has more to do with the nonexistent chemistry between McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker than anything the four-time Super Bowl winner did. The question that truly needs to be addressed is who the heck thought the idea of having Bradshaw naked in the movie was a good idea? God love him for being down for it, but the image of the former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback's naked rear-end is one of those things that you can't unsee. Bradshaw got his start in acting doing cameos in his buddy Burt Reynolds' films and luckily, he doesn't go too far out of his way to get parts. Why people feel the need to occasionally give him one is a whole other question.
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Model/actress Carmen Electra has gone public with her romance to clothing mogul Tal Cooperman. The former Baywatch beauty met the 30 year old three months ago through a mutual friend, and their meeting set off immediate sparks.
Electra tells E! News, "We are taking it slow and really trying to get to know each other, but so far we are really happy! He's gorgeous and a lot of fun."
Cooperman, a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur, co-founded lifestyle brand DCMA Collective with Good Charlotte stars Joel and Benji Madden and their brother Josh.
Electra, 41, was previously married to basketball star Dennis Rodman and Jane's Addiction star Dave Navarro. She broke off a four-year engagement to rocker Rob Patterson in 2012 and was romantically linked to Simon Cowell at the beginning of 2013.
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Dennis Rodman has vowed never to return to North Korea following his controversial visit in January (14). The former basketball star has struck up a friendship with the country's dictator Kim Jong-un and during his trip earlier this year (14) he was caught on camera singing Happy Birthday to him.
Rodman's trip sparked a wave of criticism and he checked into rehab upon his return to the U.S.
The sports icon has now given an emotional interview in which he declares he will never return to North Korea.
Rodman is seen with tears rolling down his face as he tells ESPN, "What makes me so damn bad? What makes me this bad, awful person?... I don't want people to look at me as the devil or evil person. If I put anyone in harm's way, I apologise, you know... If you don't want me to go back there ever again, I won't go back."
When asked about his stint in rehab, Rodman insists he didn't enrol in the program to address a drinking problem, but instead wanted to "decompress from all the things I was going through". He claims he will return for treatment every six months "to see where I'm at".

Former basketball star Dennis Rodman has defended his bizarre friendship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un, insisting it does not make him a traitor. Rodman jetted to the Asian nation earlier this month (Jan14) to visit the controversial leader, who he struck up an unlikely friendship with when he launched children's basketball camps in the country last year (13).
He has now spoken out to defend his closeness to Jong-un, insisting he is "not a traitor" because he never visits his pal to push a political agenda.
Rodman checked himself into a rehabilitation clinic earlier this month (19Jan14) to deal with alcohol abuse issues, and he has given an interview from the facility to journalists from CNN.
He says, "I don't know the Marshall (Jong-un) as a dictator... I don't know him like that. All I know is that he's a 31-year-old guy. I call him a kid all the time. He's my friend.
"He gave me the opportunity to come into the county to bring a basketball team to show the world. Let's just show the world that we can actually get along - Americans and North Korea. I wasn't looking in the history book about what really went on with his grandfather or his father, that wasn't my job. That wasn't my assignment... I said that from day one - I'm not an ambassador, I'm not a diplomat. That's not my job."

Former basketball star Dennis Rodman has checked into a rehabilitation clinic to address a drinking problem following his disastrous trip to North Korea. Rodman found himself in the spotlight earlier this month (Jan14) when he made a visit to North Korea to see his friend, dictator Kim Jong-Un.
During the trip, Rodman came under fire for making controversial comments about American citizen Kenneth Bae, who is currently imprisoned in the country, and for singing Happy Birthday to Jong-Un in the style of Marilyn Monroe during a public event.
The strain of the trip left Rodman in "pretty rough shape" and he has now checked into a rehab facility to deal with alcohol abuse issues, according to his agent, Daniel Prince.
He tells CNN, "He has been in rehab most of this week, and I am very proud of him. His drinking escalated to a level that none of us had seen before. When he came back, I discussed with him on a personal level how concerned I was. We sat down and decided for him to go to rehab. It is a 28 or 30 day facility."
Prince adds of the North Korea trip, "What was potentially a historic and monumental event turned into a nightmare for everyone concerned. Dennis Rodman came back from North Korea in pretty rough shape emotionally. He is embarrassed, saddened and remorseful for the anger and hurt his words have caused."
The sportsman previously checked in to a Florida rehab centre in 2008 and he featured on U.S. reality TV show Celebrity Rehab in 2009.

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Without a doubt one of the most outlandish personalities to ever play professional basketball, Dennis Rodman earned a reputation for being the game's best defensive player while also developing a bad boy image showcased with multi-colored hair, numerous tattoos and any number of body piercings. As a member for the notorious "Bad Boy" Detroit Pistons during their heyday in the 1980s, Rodman showed his fierce rebounding and blocking skills while intimidating opposing players with his often flagrant style of play which resulted in numerous suspensions. As he moved on to play for the Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Lakers, Rodman displayed increasingly bizarre behavior that included cross-dressing in public while displaying his anger on the court, particularly in an ugly incident where he kicked a cameraman in the groin. Over the years, he had high-profile romances with Madonna and Carmen Electra, ran afoul of the law for several domestic incidents, and battled alcohol addiction. Because of his larger-than-life persona, Rodman sought further fame in movies like "Double Team" (1997) and "Cutaway" (2000), while joining Hulk Hogan as a tag team partner in professional wrestling. Rodman's off-the-court problems continued when he appeared on "Celebrity Apprentice," which led to an intervention and a stint in rehab. Though he continued his outlandish behavior well into retirement, Rodman - who entered the Hall of Fame in 2011 - remained one of the most dominate defensive players in NBA history.